Proximity monitoring communication system
First Claim
1. A method of proximity monitoring in a wireless communication system operable on at least two wireless local area networks, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least two wireless master communication devices supporting respective wireless local area networks and at least one wireless monitor device as a slave unit operable in the wireless local area networks;
transceiving signals between the at least one monitor device and at least one of the master communication devices on the respective wireless local area network;
triggering an alarm in at least one of the master wireless communication devices when there is an indication that the at least one wireless monitor device is no longer within the proximity of either of the wireless local area networks; and
transferring the monitoring of the at least one monitor device from a first wireless master communication device to a second wireless master communication device of the at least two wireless master communication devices, comprising the substeps of;
communicating between the first and second wireless communication device on a wide area network for transferring the at least one monitor device therebetween, providing a time-out period for the at least one monitor device to transfer from the local area network of the first communication device to the local area network of the second communication device acknowledging the receipt of the at least one monitor device into the second local area network by the second communication device to the first communication device over the wide area network, and wherein the triggering step includes triggering the alarm if the time-out period expires before the transferring step is complete.
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Abstract
A method of personal location monitoring in a wireless communication system operating on a local area network. The method includes initializing a master communication device and a slave monitor device on the local area network. A next step transmitting a signal on the local area network by the slave monitor device. A next step includes the communication device receiving the signal on the local area network and measuring the signal strength which is compared to a threshold. A next step includes triggering an alarm in the communication device when the signal strength falls below the threshold, indicating that the monitor device is straying from the proximity of the local area network.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of proximity monitoring in a wireless communication system operable on at least two wireless local area networks, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least two wireless master communication devices supporting respective wireless local area networks and at least one wireless monitor device as a slave unit operable in the wireless local area networks;
transceiving signals between the at least one monitor device and at least one of the master communication devices on the respective wireless local area network;
triggering an alarm in at least one of the master wireless communication devices when there is an indication that the at least one wireless monitor device is no longer within the proximity of either of the wireless local area networks; and
transferring the monitoring of the at least one monitor device from a first wireless master communication device to a second wireless master communication device of the at least two wireless master communication devices, comprising the substeps of;
communicating between the first and second wireless communication device on a wide area network for transferring the at least one monitor device therebetween, providing a time-out period for the at least one monitor device to transfer from the local area network of the first communication device to the local area network of the second communication device acknowledging the receipt of the at least one monitor device into the second local area network by the second communication device to the first communication device over the wide area network, and wherein the triggering step includes triggering the alarm if the time-out period expires before the transferring step is complete. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
if the signal strength from the slave unit to the master unit is no longer detected, querying at least one other of the at least one communication devices on the wide are network to determine if any of these communication devices can detect the particular slave unit in question on their associated local area network;
waiting a timeout period for all such at least one other communication devices to respond affirmatively; and
transferring master authority over the slave unit to any of the at least one other communication devices that responds affirmatively during the waiting step.
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7. A proximity monitoring communication system using at least two wireless local area networks, the system comprising:
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at least two master wireless communication devices operable on a wide area network with each master wireless communication device supporting a respective wireless local area network; and
at least one wireless monitor device operable as a slave unit in an associated wireless local area network, the at least one wireless monitor device transceiving signals on the local area network with a first of the at least two master wireless communication devices;
the at least two master wireless communication devices operable to detect a received signal from the at least one wireless monitor device, wherein loss of detection of the received signal in a particular local area network triggers an alarm on the wireless communication devices supporting the particular local area network, indicating that the at least one wireless monitor device is no longer within the proximity of the particular local area network, and wherein;
the first master communication device communicates to a second master communication device on the wide area network that the at least one monitor device will be transferred from the local area network of the first communication device to the local area network of the second communication device, and wherein the first communication device provides a timeout period for the at least one monitor device to transfer to the local area network of the second communication device, and the receipt of the at least one monitor device into the local area network of the second communication device is acknowledged by the second communication device to the first communication device over the wide area network, and the alarm is triggered if the time-out period expires before the transfer is complete. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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